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AMA policy that state medical boards shall have full authority to regulate the practice of medicine by all persons within a state not withstanding claims to the contrary by boards of nursing, mid-level practitioners or other entities (New HOD Policy);

AMA, through the Scope of Practice Partnership, work jointly with state medical boards to assist law enforcement authorities in the prosecution of unlicensed medical practice by limited or mid-level practitioners (Directive to Take Action)

AMA, through the Scope of Practice Partnership, immediately embark on a campaign to identify and have elected or appointed to state medical boards physicians (MDs or DOs) who are committed to asserting and exercising their full authority to regulate the practice of medicine by all persons within a state notwithstanding efforts by boards of nursing or other entities that seek to unilaterally redefine their scope of practice into areas that are true medical practice. (Directive to Take Action)

seeks to outlaw any act, speech, or practice conducted by a licensed health care provider who is not a MD, DO, DDS, or DDM that leads patients or the public to believe that the health care practitioner has the same or equivalent education, skills, or training as a physician or dentist

would bring these activities under the purview of the Federal Trade Commission which would be granted the ability to fine health care practitioners up to $10,000 per violation

Comprised of over 34 associations representing more than 3 million licensed health care providers

Joint statement released June 2006 “The erroneous assumption that physician organizations should determine what is best for other licensed healthcare professionals is an outdated line of thinking that does not serve today's patients.”